Previous SFF Author: Nancy Springer
Jon Sprunk is from Pennsylvania. He has published several stories in anthologies, but Shadow’s Son is his first novel. Learn more at Jon Sprunk’s website.
You could make an argument for establishing a new sub-genre called something like “assassin fantasy,” given the number of novels currently on the shelves with heroes in that grim and surprisingly popular profession. So when the cover of Shadow’s Son, Jon Sprunk‘s debut novel, shows a man wearing a hood and flashing a set of matching knives, it’s not hard to predict the main character’s occupation before even opening the book.
And yes, right in the opening scene,
Stefan Raets´s rating: 3 | Jon Sprunk | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
My favorite part of Blood and Iron is when Mulcibar tells shipwreck-survivor-turned-slave-turned-super-wizard-turned-Queen’s-Protector Horace, in all sincerity, that Queen Byleth is a strict mistress, but not cruel. Sorry, dude, you’re just wrong. Turning the brother who betrayed you over to your crazy mad scientist to be tortured as part of his experiment might qualify as “strict.” Sashaying down to the torture chamber/secret lab in your tissue-thin designer gown and gloating over said brother during torture is cruel. That’s okay, though, because tall,
Marion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Jon Sprunk | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
Previous SFF Author: Nancy Springer
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